Age is provident because the less future we have the more we fear it.

PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian Church is called a palace; that of the Founder of his religion was known as a field, or wayside. There is progress.

CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do "me"?

MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important.